scholarly journals Adult Mortality and Natural Resource Use in Rural South Africa: Evidence From the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori M. Hunter ◽  
Wayne Twine ◽  
Aaron Johnson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Natural Resource Use ◽  
Demographic Surveillance Site ◽  
Surveillance Site ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals The impact of adult mortality on the living arrangements of older people in rural South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTORIA HOSEGOOD ◽  
IAN M. TIMÆUS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Older People ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Infrastructure ◽  
Rural South Africa

This paper examines changes in households with older people in a northern rural area of KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa, between January 2000 and January 2002. The focus is the impact of adult deaths, especially those from AIDS, on the living arrangements of older people. The longitudinal data are from the Africa Centre Demographic Information System. In 2000, 3,657 older people (women aged 60 years or older, men 65 years or older) were resident in the area, and 3,124 households had at least one older member. The majority (87%) of older people lived in three-generation households. Households with older people were significantly poorer, more likely to be headed by a woman, and in homesteads with poorer quality infrastructure than households without older members. By January 2002, 316 (8%) of the older people in the sample had died. Of all the households with an older person, 12 per cent experienced at least one adult death from AIDS. The paper shows that older people, particularly those living alone or with children in the absence of other adults, were living in the poorest households. They were also coping with an increasing burden of young adult deaths, the majority of which were attributable to AIDS.

scholarly journals Dying in their prime: determinants and space-time risk of adult mortality in rural South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benn Sartorius ◽  
Kathleen Kahn ◽  
Mark A. Collinson ◽  
Kurt Sartorius ◽  
Stephen M. Tollman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa
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